Faith Mulhall with her "bestest friend" Broghan Hughes (right) who died on April 18 after a 10-year battle with Leukaemia

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The parents of a 12-year-old girl who fought a brave battle with leukaemia said if "love could have saved her, she would have lived forever".

Broghan Hughes, 12, from Kirkdale was diagnosed with leukaemia, in 2010, at just two-years-old.

Despite years of gruelling treatments, that included two bone marrow transplants, full-body radiotherapy, and numerous bouts of chemotherapy, mum Gema said her daughter wasn’t aware of just how ill she was.

Gema and Broghan's dad, David, kept the seriousness of the condition from her as they "didn’t want her to be in fear of dying" or get treated differently by other people.

Sadly, after a ferociously brave battle, the youngster died on April 18.

When Gema found out last year that Broghan was terminal, she brought forward her marriage to David so that Broghan could be the maid of honour

“The last three relapses that Broghan had she didn’t know she had relapsed.

"She didn’t know she was dying as we were always protecting her.

"Now that she has passed, we want the world to know how amazing she was."

The mum said in the 10 year battle for her life her daughter never once complained or asked 'why me?'

The 37-year-old added: “Nobody knows what she went through, because we wanted to keep things private, but now we can tell people how amazing she was, how much of an inspiration she was, and how hard she fought.

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“We’re going to give her another, proper funeral at a later date when we can all get together and celebrate her life properly.

"We would like to thank all the staff at Manchester children’s hospital & Alderhey for their efforts to save Broghan’s life and the Palliative care team or helping Broghan in her last few weeks of life.

"We are forever grateful to you all.

The mum added: “I always say, if love could have saved Broghan she would have lived forever."

If you would like to donate to the Gofundme page in memory of Broghan, click here.

Broghan will be buried at Anfield Crematory on Wednesday, May 6 at 4.40pm.